{"product_id":"salt-mark-kurlansky-9780099281993","title":"Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Salt is the fascinating, indispensable history of an indispensable ingredient. It's a must-have book for any serious cook or foodie' Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn Indispensable yet illuminating history of the world, told through its most commonly mined, traded and consumed product: Salt \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHomer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Kurlansky","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50510991884531,"sku":"9780099281993","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780099281993.jpg?v=1787256347","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/salt-mark-kurlansky-9780099281993","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}